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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION .forming part of Letters Application filed March 24, 1880.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL S. OooKE, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelets; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My improvements consist in the means employed for securing the spring locking device to one wing of a bracelet, and in preventing any relative lateral displacement of said wings when locked together, as will hereinafter appear.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents, on an enlarged scale, an opened braceletembodyin g my improvements. Fig. 2 shows a side view of the same nearly closed. Fig. 3 represents the spring locking device. Fig. 4 shows, in perspective, the tongue previous to being secured to one of the wings. Fig. 5 represents, in perspective, the plates attached to the ends of the wings; and Fig. 6 shows a portion of one wing, the tongue, and the spring locking device in section.

The objects of my invention are to secure the spring locking device in position without the use of solder, thereby preserving the temper of the spring, and to arrange the said device and the tongue to which it is attached in dilferent planes, so that lateral displacement of the wings will be prevented by the engagement of said tongue with the sides of the slot in the wing which the tongue enters, thereby preventing a straining of the braceletjoint and securing the constant engagement of both arms of the spring locking device with said wing.

As shown in the drawings, A A are the wings of the bracelet. B is the tongue attached to one of said wings, and G is the twoarmed spring locking device secured to the tongue; To the free ends of the wings are secured plates D D, which are slotted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the central portion, d, of the slot being wider than the end portions, (1. The tongue B is of awidth equal to the length of the slot (Z, and is bentat right angles on the Patent No. 227,149, dated May 4, 1880.

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rear end, b, so as to fill the slot 61 in the plate D, to which it is hard-soldered before the spring locking device 0 is attached.

The free end I) of the tongue is thinner than its body if the said body he of thick stock, in order that when bent over and around the spring 0 the combined tongue and spring will not be too thick to enter the slot din the plate D, although the tongue may be of the same thickness throughout if made of thin metal.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the locking device O is a U-shaped spring having two locking-arms supplied with notches c, to engage the ends of the slot clin the plate D, and with enlarged ends 0, which extend beyond the sides of the bracelet, so as to be pressed by the fingers to disengage the wings. This spring locking device is preferably punched from sheet metal, and is placed in position by inserting the ends a through the slot in the plate D, and is secured to the tongue 13 by bending the end of said tongue around and compressing it upon the spring, as shown in Fig. 6, thereby preserving the temper of the spring by avoiding the heat incident to soldering the.

spring to the tongue. If desired, however, the spring may be riveted to the tongue.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the tongue B and spring 0 occupy different planes, so that when the wings are brought together the tongue acts as a guide, occupies the slot cl in the plate D, and prevents lateral displacement of said wings, thereby preserving the joint of the bracelet and securing the constant engagement of both arms of the locking device 0 with the wing A.

Although, as shown and described, the plates D D are duplicates, the plate D may simply be slotted to receive the ends of the spring 0, and a tongue without a bent end, I), be se cured to said plate in any preferred manner, so long as said tongue and spring occupy different planes.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1'. Ina bracelet, the combination, with awing having its free end slotted to engage a spring locking device, of a fellow win g provided with a tongue, and a two armed spring locking deyice secured to said tongue, in'the manner specified, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bracelet, the combination, with a Wing having its free end slotted, as described, of a fellow Wing having a tongue secured thereto, and a two-armed locking device secured to the tongue so as to occupy a plane above or below said tongue, substantially as v 10 and for the purposes specified.

3. In a bracelet, the combination of two Win gs provided vwith end plates, slotted as described, a tongue having its rear end bent, as described, and secured to one of said plates, and a two-armed locking-spring secured to the tongue and occupying a different plane from the tongue, substantially as set forth.

DANIEL S. OQOKE.

Witnesses:

EDsoN SALISBURY J oNEs, GEO. W. CADY. 

